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{Taste Test Tuesday} Meatball Sub Casserole

This week for Taste Test Tuesday, I tried this meatball sub casserole. It was super tasty! I was searching desperately for a recipe to make last minute that I had ingredients for... I have so much food in my pantry, but yet always seem to come up short for recipes unless I plan them out. Whoops.

Of course, this recipe was no different. I also didn't have all of the ingredients for this. I had most of them, but I didn't have the French bread. I substituted regular toast and ended up needing 6 pieces for our pan. It worked just fine, although I wonder if it would've been even more super tasty if I'd had the French bread. I think I probably could have used less cream cheese too as it seemed like a lot when I was making it, but then again it didn't taste like too much when we were eating it.

I have to tell you a little story too... My husband is pretty happy with whatever I cook normally, but he's fussy about certain foods. Tomatoes, pickles, olives, tuna fish, etc. And he doesn't really like mayo. This recipe uses VERY little mayo (I actually used Miracle Whip because that's what I grew up on), but I was petrified he'd poo poo the recipe before even trying it. So I was desperately trying to get the tomato sauce on to cover up the cream cheese and Miracle Whip before he got home. I'd thrown all the ingredients back in the fridge and was JUST pouring on the tomato sauce when he walks in, says hi, peers over my shoulder and says, "What's the white stuff?" I was SO CLOSE. I'm a terrible liar and I'm pretty sure I triggered a panic reaction with him when I mumbled "sauce." Teehee... at least he tried it and ate his whole serving... he had no rave reviews, but I think he was still very suspicious so he was suspiciously quiet. Personally, I think the recipe is great... it just dresses up plain meatballs to be something more than just spaghetti and meatballs thrown on a plate. It's pretty thick so I felt a salad went with it nicely to kind of balance it.